Mary toured the exhibitions in the Bella Centre Thursday during CIFF week.
And here her eyes spotted a pair of baby sandals, complety surprising a shoe designer, because Mary was not supposed to stop at her stand. Mary exclaimed: "Oh, they are lovely"! The delighted and blushing designer/sales rep was somewhat flabbergasted and offered Mary a card, (*) but she had already been whisked away surrounded by fashion people, press and PET officers.

Mary looked at baby clothing several times, dividing her attention equally between pink and blue clothes... She smiled: "Yes, my fingers are itching but it's still too early for buying baby clothes".

But also the children modelling in various places got her attention and she chatted with several of them.

(*) The sales rep need hardly worry. If Mary is genuinely interested in the shoes, she will be found. That is if the designer does not decide to send the shoes to the court.

Mary handed over with a huge smile the prestigious Nest Award to Swedish Sara Lundberg from the Swedish School of Textiles.

Founder of the Nordic Design talent show, Jan Busch Carlsen says it means a lot to the junior designers to feel Crown Princess Mary's interest in their business:

- "We are extremely pleased that Crown Princess Mary will delight the designers with her presence at Designers' Nest show. Because the show is the last official show during the Copenhagen Fashion Week SS16 the Crown Princess at the same time helps to end a important week and event for Scandinavian."

First day back at work for Mary after the family's summer vacation :)

Since Mary is no longer patron of CIFF, her visit this year was limited to the NEST Award event today.

Goodness me, the second photo from the Daily Mail showing the full length of the dress and with hair blowing across her face she looks a dead ringer for her sister Patricia. Sorry not capable of providing a link. See above posts.

The outfit that Mary wore to the Designer's Nest awards looked a familiar to me - and I was right. It has been seen before, but on another woman. If you go to the thread about last year's visit to Canada, post # 52, there is a link to Getty images. (I don't know how to post pictures) One of the women with Mary is wearing the same pink/beige coat/vest. Apparently she liked it well enough to get one for herself. She looks great in it.

Already back on the job from her trip to Rio
"HRH The Crown Princess attends as patron Designers' Nest show and conducting awards"

"Designers’ Nest was created in 2003 as a professional and international platform for Nordic design graduates. Designers’ Nest aims to expose and promote up-and-coming Scandinavian designers to global buyers, designers, media and trendsetters who visit the biannual fashion fair, thus consolidating and expanding Denmark as a fashion nation.
Patron HRH Crown Princess Mary sits as patron of Designers’ Nest Show & Award and actively supports and promotes the initiative by her attendance each season."